Chu Ren joined Duke Kunshan University on January 9, 2023 as Administrative Assistant for Global Health Research Center, reporting to Kaikai Yang, Assistant Director of Global Health Program. Her main job responsibilities are managing the “Media Academy” project, maintaining the content of GHRC’s social media channels, and providing admin support for Global Health workshops, seminars, events and non-degree training programs.

Chu received her Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen in November 2019, and Master’s degree in Gender Studies from Utrecht University in the Netherlands in September 2022.

Danyue Tian is the Senior Recruitment and Admissions Officer for Global Health. Her main job responsibilities include planning and executing a variety of on-campus and off-campus activities and events to promote the MSc-GH Program, as well as recruiting and admitting high-quality domestic and international students.

Jiaqi Zu is the Coordinator for Health Policy and System.

Her main job responsibilities are supporting the day-to-day execution of all activities related to the Health Policy and System program. Jiaqi received her B.Eng. in Lanzhou University of Technology and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She has experience in academic research, project experimentation, data management, administrative work, and event organization.

Mengdan Cheng joined Duke Kunshan University on June 5, 2023 as Administrative Assistant of Global Health, reporting to Ms. Kaikai Yang, Assistant Director of Global Health Program. Her main job responsibilities include serving as primary program-specific contact for faculty, prospective applicants, and current students, etc., supporting project planning and pre-departure field work workshop series and other student activities.

She received her bachelor’s degree in Business English from Hubei University in June 2021, and Master’s degree in English Translation from Soochow University in June 2023.

Previously, she worked at Foreign Affairs Office of Suzhou People’s Government from September 2022 to January 2023 as an intern at Guests Reception Office.

Ms. Zhangyang Pan joined Duke Kunshan University on February 18, 2023 as Senior Communication Officer in the Innovation Lab for Vaccine Delivery Research (VaxLab) in Global Health Research Center. Her main job responsibilities are enhancing VaxLab’s branding as a leading vaccine delivery research platform in China, promoting evidence-based advocacy to shape public health policy agenda, raising public awareness of life-saving vaccines, and facilitating multiple stakeholders’ collaboration. Zhangyang will also support the Global Health Research Center in the dissemination and communication of scientific evidences produced by the global health faculty and researchers.

Zhangyang received her Bachelor’s degree in Political Education from Southwest University of Political Science and Law in July, 2008, Master of Art in Journalism Studies (Web) from the University of Sheffield in November, 2009, and Master of Science in Global Health from Duke University in 2023.

She starts her career as a journalist and editor for UK Chinese Times in Milton Keynes, England. Prior to joining DKU, she worked at Bayer Consumer Health China in Shanghai from February, 2019 to June 2022 as communications manager. She has also served various roles in communication and public affairs in Becton Dickinson Medical Device China from 2012 to 2019.

Ziyi Zhu (Judy) joined Duke Kunshan University on November 1, 2024, as Administrative Assistant for the Innovation Lab for Vaccine Delivery Research, reporting to the Director of Global Health, Prof. Tang Shenglan. Her main job responsibilities include supporting the day-to-day activities of the VaxLab, assisting team members with project execution, facilitating meetings and workshops, and providing support for communication-related work.

Before joining DKU, Ziyi worked as an HR intern at the UNICEF China Country Office in Beijing. Prior to that, she served as a Research Assistant at Beijing Normal University, contributing to various research projects on health policy.

She received her Master’s degree in Social Medicine and Health Management from Beijing Normal University in June 2024, and a Bachelor’s degree in Labor and Social Security from Nanjing Normal University in June 2021.